Population Distribution by Age, Race, and Nativity, 1860–2010

The following table lists the U.S. population from 1860 to 2010 according to age, race, and nativity.

Race and nativity

Age

White1

Year

Total

Under 5

5–19

20–44

45–64

65 andover

Total

Nativeborn

Foreignborn

Black

Otherraces1

Percent distribution

18602

100.0%

15.4%

35.8%

35.7%

10.4%

2.7%

85.6%

72.6%

13.0%

14.1%

0.3%

18702

100.0

14.3

35.4

35.4

11.9

3.0

87.1

72.9

14.2

12.7

0.2

18802

100.0

13.8

34.3

35.9

12.6

3.4

86.5

73.4

13.1

13.1

0.3

18903

100.0

12.2

33.9

36.9

13.1

3.9

87.5

73.0

14.5

11.9

0.3

1900

100.0

12.1

32.3

37.7

13.7

4.1

87.9

74.5

13.4

11.6

0.5

1910

100.0

11.6

30.4

39.0

14.6

4.3

88.9

74.4

14.5

10.7

0.4

1920

100.0

10.9

29.8

38.4

16.1

4.7

89.7

76.7

13.0

9.9

0.4

1930

100.0

9.3

29.5

38.3

17.4

5.4

89.8

78.4

11.4

9.7

0.5

1940

100.0

8.0

26.4

38.9

19.8

6.8

89.8

81.1

8.7

9.8

0.4

1950

100.0

10.7

23.2

37.6

20.3

8.1

89.5

82.8

6.7

10.0

0.5

1960

100.0

11.3

27.1

32.2

20.1

9.2

88.6

83.4

5.2

10.5

0.9

19702

100.0

8.4

29.5

31.7

20.6

9.8

87.6

83.4

4.3

11.1

1.4

1980

100.0

7.2

24.8

37.1

19.6

11.3

83.1

—

—

11.7

5.2

1990

100.0

7.6

21.3

40.1

18.6

12.5

83.9

—

—

12.3

3.8

2000

100.0

6.8

21.8

37.0

22.0

12.4

75.14

—

—

12.34

10.15

20056

100.0

6.8

20.7

35.4

24.6

12.4

80.2

—

—

12.84

7.05

2010

100.0

6.5

17.5

26.6

26.4

13.0

75.1

—

—

12.94

6.2

NOTES: Data exclude armed forces overseas.

(—) Data not available.

1. The racial census data for 1980 and all years following are not directly comparable to those of other years because of changes in the way some persons reported their race, as well as changes in procedures relating to racial classification.

2. Excludes persons for whom age is not available.

3. Excludes persons enumerated in the Indian Territory and on Indian reservations.

4. Includes only those claiming one race only.

5. Includes American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and those claiming more than one race.